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| Global Score | |
| 81.4 | 59.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Amazon |
| iPadOS 15.x | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2022-03-18 | 2020-06-03 |
| 9.75 x 7.03 x 0.24 inches | 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches |
| 16.26 ounces | 12.52 ounces |
| -- | Black, Plum, Slate, Twilight blue and White |
| Aluminum | -- |
| -- | $ 110.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.9 inches | 8 inches |
| 2360 x 1640 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| -- | IPS LCD |
| 264 pixels per inch | 189 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.6 |
| Performance | |
| Apple M1 (5 nm) chipset | MediaTek MT8168 chipset |
| Octa-Core 3100 MHz processor | Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 8 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali G52 MC1 GPU |
| 9.99 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 11.08 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | -- |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 5.28 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 10 | 2.4 |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPad Air (2022) is much better than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), getting a score of 81.4 against 59.7. The iPad Air (2022) comes with iPadOS 15.x operating system, and Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has Android 9.0 Pie operating system. Even though the iPad Air (2022) is noticeably heavier than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), it's much thinner and also newer.
The Apple iPad Air (2022) has a more vivid display than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a really bigger screen, a better pixels density and a way higher 1640 x 2360 pixels resolution. IPad Air (2022) features a better hardware performance than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has more RAM and a higher number of cores.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has a much bigger storage for games and applications than iPad Air (2022), because although it has less internal storage, it also counts with a SD memory slot that allows up to 1000 GB. IPad Air (2022) shoots greater videos and photos than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a camera in the back with a way higher 12 MP resolution.
Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020)'s battery performance is just as good as the Apple iPad Air (2022) one.
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